School Logo and Nickname
The school logo is the Warrior Head and nickname is the Warriors. In 1969, the late Mr. Sheldon Brodley, a football coach and longtime friend of Brother Rice, asked Jack Flechsig, Art Director for WXYZ-TV, to design a new logo. No variation of this trademarked logo is allowed, and only this logo may be used on the back of the official Brother Rice leathersleeved jacket.
School Song
“ Hail our Warriors. Hats off to thee. To our colors, true we will ever be. Orange and black, united we stand. Working ever... Failing never... Pulling for our team together Warriors we think you’ re grand. G-R-A-N-D... Grand!”
ENROLLMENT
Brother Rice High School provides an Edmund Rice education to the young men of Metro Detroit and its surrounding communities. Ninth-grade applicants must complete an application, take the HSPT entrance exam, and interview with the Director of Enrollment. A committee evaluates each applicant and makes the admissions determination. Students who are denied admission may submit an appeal( contact the Director of Enrollment for more information).
Transfer students must complete an application and provide a current transcript, list of courses, and standardized test scores in order to be considered for admission. Students who are denied admission may submit an appeal( contact the Director of Enrollment for more information).
Admission to Brother Rice High School is highly competitive, and students are only accepted when spots are available. Please be sure to turn in all documents by the published deadlines.
ACADEMICS
Brother Rice High School is a college preparatory school, thus the curriculum is designed to prepare students for studies on the university level. Brother Rice students are expected to strive to do their best and to maintain a level of achievement consistent with this goal.
Brother Rice utilizes PowerSchool, a web-based student information system. It is the responsibility of both students and parents / guardians to use the PowerSchool software to monitor academic progress. PowerSchool can be accessed through the Brother Rice website or directly at p. brrice. edu. Students or parents needing assistance with PowerSchool should contact the school’ s technology department.
1. Textbook / E-Books Books and supplies are not included in the tuition charges.
2. Quarter Grades The Quarter Grade for each course is determined by formative and summative assessments. Quarter grades may be contested up to two( 2) weeks after their release.
3. Semester Exams In January and June, cumulative semester exams will be given. Exam dates are published at the beginning of the school year. Attendance for all semester exams is mandatory. No student will be allowed to take an exam before the scheduled time. If a student is absent from an exam due to illness, he must provide a doctor’ s note. With a doctor’ s note, semester exams can be rescheduled and made up for full credit. If semester exams are missed due to an extreme family emergency, the administration may grant permission to make up exams for full credit. Semester exams not taken by a date set by the administration will result in a failing grade being entered as the exam grade. As part of the academic requirements, all students must take the required exams.
If a student’ s financial account is carrying an unpaid balance, that student’ s semester exam will not be graded until all financial requirements have been met with the Finance Office.
Semester grades may be contested up to two( 2) weeks after their release.
4. Senior Exam Exemption Policy Seniors may be exempt from their second-semester exams in courses they have a 90 % or better in and earned a 90 % or better in the semester of that course.
No exam may be exempted if Christian Service requirements are not met by the published deadline.
5. Semester Grade At the end of the second and fourth quarters, the student will receive a semester grade for each course. The semester grades are the grades posted on the transcript and used to calculate the cumulative grade point average( GPA). The semester grade is determined by the average of the two-quarter grades and the grade earned on the semester exam.
In order to meet the requirements for promotion to the next grade, students must pass and earn at least six( 6) credits per year. Credit is awarded when the student earns a passing grade( 60 % or greater or“ P”) in a particular course. Credit is not given for failed courses. At the administration’ s discretion, failed courses may be retaken at an institution approved by Brother Rice High School. In the event that a student fails a course or fails a retake course and thus is short credits, he may be required to withdraw from Brother Rice.
6. Credit Recovery An " F " semester grade means a loss of 0.5 credit in that course. In this case, it is mandatory the student make up the credit during the summer months in a recognized summer school program of study. Because of the limited time available for study during the summer, only one full-credit or two half-credit courses may be taken. A summer school course that is a repeat of a course already taken during the school year will appear on the student’ s permanent record as a summer school course under the heading of the summer school provider’ s name. The summer school grade will not be averaged into the Brother Rice GPA. The credit for the course will be added to the student’ s total credits. In the event a failing semester grade is not remediated during the summer, the Administration may require the student to withdraw from Brother Rice.
If a student is given permission to take an approved supplementary course in a recognized academic program, the course title, credit, and grade will be recorded on their transcript if they wish. However, a summer school grade will not be included in his GPA. Courses required for graduation, including elective courses, must be taken at Brother Rice during the regular school year.
7. Transcript and Credit Policy a. Students may not be readmitted to Brother Rice High School if they are deficient in credits unless arrangements to make up the credits have been made to the satisfaction of the Administration.
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